The Nature of Employment in a High Socioeconomic Hardship Community: Data from the Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Survey

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• Personal Author:
  Berumen T ; Bonney T ; Castaneda D ; Castaneda Y ; Chaudry A ; Conroy LM ; Forst L ; Gonzalez S ; Hebert-Beirne J ; Holloway A ; Rospenda KM
• Description:
  Objectives: This cross-sectional survey aimed to examine employment characteristics and their associations with employment precarity in two high socioeconomic hardship Chicago neighborhoods. Methods: We used a community-based participatory approach to develop and administer a survey to residents who perceived their work situations to be precarious. Results: A total of 489 residents were surveyed. Responses were skewed toward the most precarious work situations, with the majority of respondents employed outside of a traditional arrangement. Those in the highest precarity category were most likely to identify as Latinx and born outside of the United States. Unstable, low-quality employment conditions were nearly all significantly associated with highest precarity work situations. Conclusions: Precarious employment is an important predictor of other employment conditions, and characterizing these at a hyperlocal level allows for a nuanced understanding of work as a determinant of health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Community Health Services Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Precarious Work Community Based Participatory Research Community Health Cross Sectional Studies Occupational Health SDOH Social Determinants Of Health Socioeconomic Disparities In Health Socioeconomics Work Arrangements
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Chicago Region [OSHA] ; Illinois
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069997
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2024 Nov; 66(11):880-890
• Contact Point Address:
  Tessa Bonney, MPH, PhD, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, 1603 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60618
• Email:
  tbonne5@uic.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20160901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20260831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d6d789c73965f6651a8c718e9646b4b80626df125fab724b9168fff992138ecef1e5d59000115c79d098b09a23b4a5c9d1f952e61364733bfa7370fbd0b43323
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208308/cdc_208308_DS1.pdf
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